aristocrat
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aristocrat
- /ˈæɹɪstəˌkɹæt/ UK
- /əˈɹɪstəˌkɹæt/ US
Where it comes from
From French aristocrate (“aristocrat”), attested once in the 16th century but recoined in the Revolutionary era, from aristocratie (“aristocracy”), from Medieval Latin aristocratia, from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατία (aristokratía), from ἄριστος (áristos, “best”) (compare Old English ar) + κράτος (krátos, “rule”). By surface analysis, aristo- + -crat.
noun aristocrats
- One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France). The remains of a Roman aristocrat have been unearthed by archaeologists in northern England.
- A proponent of aristocracy; an advocate of aristocratic government. Professor Fite, in The Platonic Legend, deprecates earlier idealization, and finds Plato to be an aristocrat, something of a snob, and the advocate of a restrictively organized society. […] Plato was, as has so often been observed, temperamentally an aristocrat. And he believed that the qualities ne
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Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: patrician, blue blood, nobleman, aristocracy, nobility, aristo, aristocratess, aristarchy, archon, ploutocracy, aristotelean, archonship, ariki, ærarian, arist., academian
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noun one of the aristocracy
| Español | aristócrata |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 귀족 gwijok |
| 日本語 | 貴族 kizoku, アリストクラット arisutokuratto |
| 中文 | 貴族 /贵族 guìzú |
| हिन्दी | कुलीनतंत्र kulīntantra, कुलीन kulīn |
| Português | aristocrata |
| Français | aristocrate |
| Deutsch | Aristokrat, Aristokratin |
| Italiano | aristocratico, aristocratica |
| Ελληνικά | ευγενής evgenís |
| Русский | аристокра́т aristokrát, аристокра́тка aristokrátka |
| العربية | أَرِسْتُقْرَاطِيّ ʔaristuqrāṭiyy, أَرِسْتُقْرَاطِيَّة ʔaristuqrāṭiyya |
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title = {aristocrat},
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